It is NOT uncommon for modifications to void warranties and this is with all brands, buying a pimped out bike is usually covered by the dealers willingness to cover their customer. I would bet the fine print on the reflash says no warranty and race use only etc. If the answer to all the above it yes then you may have something about the dealer. Not looking for advise just give a warning to someone reading this like I should have a year ago.ĭid you buy the bike from the Ducati dealer?ĭid the Ducati dealer install the exhaust?ĭid the Ducati dealer install the power commander?ĭid the Ducati dealer Recommend the reflash?ĭid the Ducati dealer sell you the reflash? Ultimately it was my decision but had I known this would void my warranty I would have at least thought twice about it.īe VERY careful if you plan to flash your ECU while under warranty. Bad advice given and I was stupid to take that advise. When I asked Joe about taking my bike to Detroit and having him do the work he said, OK, when I asked if he can give me some break on the price because this was caused by the tune he recommended he said no, sorry. That price is between 1700-2000 just to take it apart. Ducati said if I pay to take the motor apart and they can see something that was there fault they would pay. I called Joe, he was very nice but that was not getting my bike fixed. I called Ducati and they said sorry your out of luck. Ducati will NOT warranty it or ever open the motor to see what the problem is because I have a ECU flash. There is copper in the oil, bearing failure. I call Ducati in ATL (my home) and take it in. What do I know.ġ0 months later check oil light comes on. He said you need to do a tune so the bike will not run lean with the pipe. They did refund my money for the power commander, and Joe recommend Brent flash tune. They replaced the power commander (I removed and re-installed it) same. 300 miles later the bike was cutting out. Sure, Joe in service worked for Ducati, how can this go wrong. They offered an Arrow exhaust and dyno tune (power commander). I paid full price, they suggested the akrapovic aftermarket pipe for 6K I said no thanks. Even my mechanic buddy remarked that it sounded like it was idling and running healthier after I got it tuned.I went to Detroit and found the bike I have been looking for 2022 V2. His tune fixed a lot of the quirks and qualms that I had with a factory tuned 2021, and has made it an overall pleasure to ride. I highly doubt anything will happen to the bike, and like I said, your service department will most likely not care, especially if you make the job of submitting the claim easy by not making modifications apparent.Īnd seriously, Dave/VCycleNut is the best in the business. You're more than likely going to be fine, especially if you get in good with your local service department. Places like my local dealer, they're just like you and I, looking to eek out what they can for a little more fun, and they won't say $hit to Yamaha, especially if in regards to Point 2, there is no giveaway that something on the bike has been tweaked. If its a super by the book dealer, they most likely will. ![]() ![]() Still in regards to the warranty, its also partially up to the dealer if they decide to tell Yamaha the ECU has been flashed.Yamaha corporate won't be tipped off to a ecu flash from pictures As Dave said, you may need to erase his signature off the ECU case if they want pics of the ECU for whatever reason, but that is pretty easy all things considered. If you have a power commander, that is pretty difficult to hide (service manager's comment). If you have a warranty issue, Yamaha may want photos of the bike to approve the warranty case.In fact, for the pending recall fixes, any plugging in for the recall flash should in theory just overwrite, no questions asked (outside of the "Are you sure you want to do this?" Unlike on cars, where a flash counter exists in the ECU, and the ECU is read by the dealer and corporate, Yamaha can't jack into your ECU and see it was flashed, tampered with, etc.So, I had a discussion with my local dealer recently after an unsightly issue I'd rather not think about again (nothing related to Yamaha's build quality, or anything Dave at VCycleNute did), and one of the service guys took my (shameless plug here) VCycleNut tuned 21 MT09 around the block (Hi from Colorado my friend! Been meaning to send my impressions of the tune but have been slammed with work and its been a bit on the cold side) and the topic came up in conversation about the tune and warranty.
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